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After more than hour of public comments at a special meeting on March 18, the Torrance County Commission re-confirmed its decision to forward Ted Barela as its recommendation to fill the District 39 Senate position vacated by Phil Griego.

It's no shock when a good student wins awards, but East Mountain High School senior Renaya Demarest said she was surprised when she was told she won the Prudential Spirit of Community Award for New Mexico.

Visiting a friend's house in an unfamiliar place can be trying. Sometimes the directions given aren't great and the phone GPS thinks you're in the wrong state. Either way, when told to turn down a road that has no sign, one tends to get lost.

When inventors make something that can make lives simpler, they go to the patent office to apply for a patent. The patent goes before a board that determines whether or not the invention should be patented, then a decision is reached and the inventor has the opportunity to appeal.

Spools of plastic cord were turned into small sculptures via 3-D printer at the Edgewood Community Library last Thursday. Plastic is one of several kinds of materials that can be used for 3-D printing. Others include metal, concrete, sand and human tissue.